Professional mountaineers say climbing Mt. Everest is a walk in the park compared to smaller, more difficult mountains like ...

Seattle man Alex Chiu died after falling 3,000 feet while ski mountaineering on Mount McKinley's West Buttress route in Denali National Park, Alaska, the National Park Service said.

More summits but still a tough year. Yesterday, the National Park Service (NPS) announced the end of the Denali climbing season. The season’s final 38 climbers flew out on July 9.

Randall sets the stage with a chapter about a fateful Denali climb in 1967. As a member of the Mountaineering Club of Alaska expedition, Hoeman suffered from what was likely altitude sickness and ...

Tragically the two climbers who were with him at the time witnessed the horror event and were unable to rescue him despite ...

Last year’s Denali season featured extended periods of rough weather and a meager summit success rate of just over 30%. This year, things have been smoother, though not without drama. And one ...

While most of the 433 climbers on McKinley are going up the normal route, one young American has made the first solo of the ...

Most parties climbing the West Buttress route on Denali plan for a three-week trip. Jaramillo and Crisafi-Lurtsema’s planning for extra time turned out to be essential. ADVERTISEMENT.

This young man from my constituency, Shaikh Hassan Khan, became the first Keralite (and perhaps the first Indian) to climb ...